From the parades to celebrate the Chicago Cubs for winning the World Series for the first time in 108 years and “participation trophies” for you name the sport, there are plenty of ways to honor big and small accomplishments. There are cap-and-gowns and life-will-change-forever speeches to kindergarteners earning ribbons for tying their shoes. Honor, though, is more than…
Splink 1: Invisible, Yet Real Write each of the following on a slip of paper (air; atoms; electricity; sound waves; feelings; angels; etc.). Ask family members to play 20 questions—except shorten it to 10 questions. Invite a volunteer to pick a slip of paper and the others will ask him/her questions, which can be answered…
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I grew up hating church. I didn’t have any theological problems with church, I was just bored. Sitting still for more than ten minutes was torture, and sometimes our services went on for two hours! The worst part is that my dad was the pastor, so we were there every time the door was open….
As a podcast co-host for the show, Paying Ridiculous Attention to Jesus, I often get questions about how to connect more with Jesus. Lots of them deal with prayer requests and going through hard stuff, but then there’s this question: Becky, the Bible is sooo boring and hard to understand—any tips for reading it?…
Church attendance. Yup, we’re gonna go there. First the good news, because we need the good news. Jesus is Lord. Nothing can change that. And the church is the body of Christ, and nothing can change that. So that alone should stir an undying hope within our souls that cannot be diminished by statistics…
Kara Powell, PhD, co-author of the Right Click: Parenting Your Teenager In A Digital Media World and executive director of Fuller Youth Institute, Kristen Ivy, and Reggie Joiner discuss how giving kids increasing opportunities to serve through childhood is one of the biggest ways to help them grow in faith and character by realizing their own…
Teach your kids how to make a bird shadow puppet. (Remember trying that as a kid!) Make a two-handed bird by turning your hands so your palms face you, cross your hands over each other, and lock your thumbs together. Stretch your palms open to make the bird’s wings. To make the bird “fly,”…
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Note: each month we’re giving parents of seniors a spiritually encouraging “checklist” to capture the best moments from senior year. Sign up to automatically get a full year’s worth of memory-making ideas, plus these articles as monthly emails HERE. November: Finding gratitude in the midst of crunch time You may not quite…